Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• attewodesende 1258 For

• Wodeshende 1275 RH

• (la) Wodes(h)ende 1280 Ass 1292 GillCt 1411 ib

• atte Wodeseynde, de fine Nemoris 1300 ib

• Wudeseynde 1301 ib

• atte Wodes(h)ende 1307 1335 For 1356 GillCt

• closes called Woodes Endes, Woodes End Pastures 1609 LRMB

• le woods ende Walkes 1612 Eg

• Woodend 1625 Hutch3

• Woods-end-walk 1627 ib

• parcell of wast and wooddye ground called Woods end Walke and the tenement or lodge built thereon 1650 ParlSurv

• Woodsend 1811 OS

• Woods End Fm Ho 1838 TA

Etymology

Woodsend Fm (now Manor Fm (1″), ST 843246), attewodesende 1258For (p), Wodeshende 1275 RH (p), (la ) Wodes (h )ende 1280Ass , 1292GillCt (p), 1411ib , atte Wodeseynde , de fine Nemoris 1300ib (p), Wudeseynde 1301ib (p), atte Wodes (h )ende 1307ib (p), 1335For (p), 1356GillCt (p), closes called Woodes Endes , Woodes End Pastures 1609LRMB , le woods ende Walkes 1612Eg , Woodend 1625 Hutch3, Woods-end -walk 1627 ib, parcell of wast and wooddye ground called Woods end Walke and the tenement or lodge built thereon 1650ParlSurv , Woodsend 1811 OS, Woods End Fm Ho 1838TA , 'the end of the wood', v. wudu , ende 1 , atte 'at the', walk 'division of a forest'; this was one of the four 'walks' of the forest of Gillingham (v. Forest Fm & Side in Gillingham par. supra ).